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rawbutprecious · 8 months ago

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Muse List Updated

I have updated my muse list. I am currently making a character page for them. I have made quite a few as request only. They will probably get their own section on the muse page, but will not be the primary. To read my updated list, pleae visit here: https://rawbutprecious.tumblr.com/muses

Under the cut are the characters that are request only (I will gladly play them and want to, but they are not my primary focus):

Being Human

George Sands

Josh Levison

Nora Sergeant

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Code Black

Rox Valenzuela

Dr. Mario Savetti

Dr. Angus Leighton

Dr. Mike Leighton

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Game of Silence

Gil Harris

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Glee

Santana Lopez

Brittany S. Pierce

Blaine Anderson

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Terriers

Hank Dolworth

Britt Pollack

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The Big Bang Theory

Amy Farrah Flower

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The Night Shift

Dr. TC Callahan

Dr. Jordan Alexander

Michael Ragosa

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This is Us

Kate Pearson

Beth Pearson

Deja (playing her only as an adult character)

Rebecca Pearson

William Hill

Randall Pearson

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Spider Man

Mary Jane Watson

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Pitch Perfect

Becca

Chloe Benji

Jesse

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Revolution

Aaron Pittman

Miles Matheson

Charlie Matheson

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Marvelous Mrs. Maisel *

Midge Maisel

Suzie

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Merlin

Freya

Gaius

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Gilmore Girls

Emily Gilmore

Liz Danes

Paris Geller

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Harry Potter

Molly Weasley

Linnea Amery (OC, Audrey Tautou)

Luna Lovegood

Pandora Lovegood (FC Saoirse Ronan)

Nymphadora Tonks

Jacob Kowalski

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Hunger Games

Wiress

Beetee

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Lord of the Rings

Eowyn

Faramir

Samwise Gamgee

Meriadoc Brandybuck

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Once Upon a Time

Robin Mills/Margot West

Belle French-Gold *

Mulan

Merida

David Nolan/Prince Charming

Aurora

Ruby Lucas

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Timeless

Jiya

Wyatt Logan

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The Resident

Dr. AJ Austen

Nic Nevin

Dr. Mina Okafor

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Lost

Kate Austen

Charlie Pace

Daniel Faraday

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MISC Euridice (Hadestown) The Baker’s Wife (Into the Woods) Jenna (Waitress)

Juliet Burke (Lost)

Dr. Leyla Shinwari (New Amsterdam)

Brody Davis (Roswell)

Deanna Troy (Star Trek)

Qui-gon Jinn (Star Wars)

Todd Wright (So Help me Todd)

Castiel (Supernatural)

Dr. Conrad Hawkins (The Resident)

Dr. TC Callahan (The Night Shift)

Rufus Carlin (Timeless)

Adam (FC Joseph Gordon-Levitt) (Roswell)

Alice Longbottom (FC Mia Wasikowska) (Harry Potter)

Dr. Gregory House (House)

Effie Trinket (Hunger Games)

Luke Danes (Gilmore Girls)

Dr. Iggy Frome (Gilmore Girls) Dr. Lauren Bloom (New Amsterdam)

Alice ‘Tilly’ Jones (Once Upon a Time)

Gideon (Once Upon a Time)

Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold (Once Upon a Time)

Max Evans (Roswell)

Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

Padme Amadala (Star Wars)

Robin Mills/Margot West (Once Upon a Time)

Cinna (Hunger Games)

Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)

Jack Pearson (This is Us)

Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time)

#mun #muse #I realized I had a lot of muses who I wasn't using #I will probably cut more #I will still play these characters #they just aren't my main focus

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notebookmusical · 1 year ago

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Hi! It seems like the pattern of the smaller than bigger pattern of the rerecordings has been right so far. For a while, I thought she would end with Rep since it had no promo the first time but now I'm kinda seeing how debut makes sense and ending with her name too. I would hope it would get a lot more appreciation when the rerecording comes out! It was when I first connected to her and made me feel better about how lonely and weird I was when I was 10 and watching the Teardrops video over and over. I was stuck on the seasons thing too..since debut is more spring than fall to me but I guess we will see. With the vinyls, I know other artists do it all the time..but Taylor didn't do different covers or vinyls for other rerecordings and I think that's why I was confused. Unless she did and I didn't know about it..and I usually only get one anyway but I do like seeing all the covers. We saw the back covers today! Anyway are you excited about the 1989 vault songs?!!! I had fun solving puzzles with my sister and I'm surprised there are no collabs since I thought all rerecordings would have some. But I'm most excited for "Slut!" And Suburban Legends I think. I was very shocked by Slut and it made me think of Peron's Latest Flame from Evita..LOL. But the rest just seemed kinda similar to other songs already on the album to me..but I'm excited for them all! Maybe some are better than some songs on the album too! I'm also curious what they sound like..the titles all seem upbeat to me mostly.Especially since Taylor says the vault tracks are insane. I'm still planning to listen on shuffle but it makes me wanna start with the vault songs! We are only about a month away now though yay!

Hadestown on tour was so great! They were here again this weekend but I did already get a chance to watch it but I definitely would have wanted to watch again..and I saw some understudies I think or don't know if it's the same cast from last year. I honestly think it might be one of my favorite shows I've seen..out of maybe 8 to 10? cuz the set and effects are really noticeable in the show. I've never actually seen a show on Broadway though..just on tour. One day I hopefully will though. That could also be why I'm fine with most movie musicals too lol. I did actually see the Color Purple on tour and I wasn't very familiar with the show, so now that I am..I guess i'm just curious how it will be. I don't really have high expectations or anything though since it's not my fav musical..and I also wanna watch Wonka which comes out around the same time and has some songs. Compared to Wicked which I love, so I have high expectations for that but I do agree that more people from Broadway should be involved in them. Theater Camp has more Broadway people in it and that's why I'm excited to watch it too cuz it's like making fun of themselves a bit based on the trailer, and I hope it's funny. I haven't seen Molly Gordon in much..but I am hoping to watch S2 of The Bear at some point. I might start it since Im not watching any shows right now. As usual, I am so behind on watching movies, shows, and listening to stuff too. That's so cool your friend got to hear Mitski in a planetarium! I really liked some songs from Madison's last album and I think she is similar but has a different voice and style than Olivia but she's still good, but I'm only comparing them cuz they have albums around the same time I think. I will listen to Laufey by the end of the week.

I do agree about the Little Mermaid being too long..at one point my sister said why is it an hour longer than the original movie..and that's true. Some people really liked it though and I didn't feel that strongly about it. I barely remember the Cinderella movie but I think it maybe did the best job of being as similar or keeping the heart of the original movie..but it also didn't have any songs, which the original doesn't either. But the Brandy version does and its based on the musical and I think that was a pretty good live action too and felt a little different cuz of it. Or maybe the story of Cinderella just works better in a live action movie in general though compared to the rest.

I did not realize this month was almost over so ya I haven't been reading that much either. But I was honestly always planning to make the readathon last till the end of the year probably. But I guess if you wanna change a few prompts or come up with other challenges, that's cool too and just read what you wanna read. Sometimes I feel like it just makes me add more books to my list than motivating me to read more though when I try to find books that fit the categories. But I somehow found two more books about twins and one was for the witch category, and one seemed pretty similar to another book I picked for the challenge, and I have another book on there that's been on my list and they all have SA somewhat in the book and it wasn't on purpose really. So I can pair two at first and take a break and read the rest later. But reading right now is still Mistakes Were Made and Business or Pleasure..which i am enjoying a lot more now. The Ballad of Songbirds trailer came out and that made me slightly more interested in reading that book too and I should probably start it soon. Sorry this ask was more all over the place instead of more organized and it's very long. I hope you don't mind, cuz I do like talking to you but I get it if it's sometimes hard to read and respond to everything so back and forth all the time.

gooood mornin!! i would love for her to end on debut — there's something so symbolic about her ending on debut (but i also have a long list of songs i want as vault tracks). i also first connected with her during debut — i have very strong memories of being in my 6th grade art class (i had just moved to the states) and this girl, julie, asked me if i'd heard of taylor swift and i was like no! (i didn't really listen to a lot of music back then) and then i went home and went on youtube and searched taylor swift and fell down a rabbit hole. i love the back covers; i think they're so cute — i love how happy she looks in the blue one too! and i am SO excited for the vault songs!! i'm really intrigued by SLUT! (was thinking yesterday about the lucky one + nothing new → slut pipeline), "Is it over now?" and "Suburban Legends", but honestly i'm so excited for all of them! and i'm really intrigued by the fact that there's no features! omg i haven't listened to evita in forever, but now i'm in the mood to! we're so close!! a little over a month!

what is your favorite favorite show you've ever seen live? whether that's tour, or regional! some of my favorite shows i've seen live have been regional or tours! hadestown is up there for me, just with the lighting and staging and everything — i was really lucky and saw first preview of hadestown and i just remember clutching my friend's hand when we first saw the lights. it was just so ... special. (getting almost run over at stagedoor however, was not special). i also forgot about wonka — i probably will catch TCP + wonka at some point on streaming; i'm not in a rush to go see them in cinemas (and i have a busy winter) . i love wicked, but have very low expectations for the movie based on what i've heard/seen so far, but hopefully i will be surprised! we can be behind in listening to / watching / reading all the things together <3333

i didn't realize it was that much longer than the original! it did feel like it had some pacing issues and i'm trying to think about what's different/why there's an extra hour but i really do not know what they added? and yessss i love r&h cinderella (both the movie and the stage show) 🤍 i'm due for a rewatch of the movie — now that i'm down with bronchitis and i'm trying to cancel my weekend plans (very upset about my monday plans in particular) maybe i'll watch that!

ooh! which books about twins did you find? and i'm glad you're enjoying your books a bit more! no worries about the ask being all over the place — i love chatting with you! <3

#post: answered #🩷 anon

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ghostlypawn · 4 years ago

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the darkest hour of the darkest night comes right before the-

#hadestown #hadestownedit #musicaltheatreedit #musicaledit #theatreedit #orphydice #am not sure Why i made this #but was listening to this song #and this lyric just screams them #mollie makes: theatre #mollie makes: hadestown

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casukaga · 3 years ago

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I saw your hadestown au on twitter and it is AMAZING! Veth Jester and Cad as the fates is genius! Do you have anyone specifically you'd have as hades and persephone?

thank you!! i’m leaning towards marion and the gentleman bc they’re all i can think of. when i thought up the au i didn’t intend for it to be cross campaign, so i’m thinking in the realm of campaign 2 characters 🤔

#when i thought of the au it was pre c3 and when i hadn’t listened to c1 yet - so hence me keeping it with c2 #i haven’t posted any of the hadestown au art here on tumblr yet bc i plan to make a doodle dump about it when i have enough art of all the #characters lol #casu asks #i really like the thought of those three as the fates…like i intended for jes and veth to be fates from the beginning #initially i was gonna have cad as hermes but i switched to molly bc he feels more fitting with yasha as orpheus #but in the situation of hermes!cad i was gonna make molly a fate. so it’d be jes veth and molly as fates.#but then i changed it and didn’t know if i wanted to give the fate role to cad but…..honestly i gave it some thought today and i love it

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meandmypagancrew · 5 years ago

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Make me choose: eva noblezada or neva enoblezada (????) ( @yeoldespacebuns )

“I had body dysmorphic disorder, so there’s a muscle in your brain that you train over and over to look in the mirror and see yourself as something that you’re actually not. For example, I could look in the mirror now and see a chubby Eva—and I know I’m not. I still see myself sometimes as the girl who moved to London—the big girl with stuff hanging over her jeans. I know now. I want to give myself a big hug because it was normal. It’s normal to have baby fat. It should be an open discussion and needs to be normalized.”

#mmc #yeoldespacebuns #eva noblezada #hadestown #miss saigon #i mean i asked for an excuse to gif eva so i appreciate it but MOLLIE #also only two more make me chooses after this so please send some more in!!!!#i want to keep making them!!!!

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subukunojess · 2 years ago

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NCN: The Fandom Reblog Plan

For No-Content November in two months, I’m going to take the time to write my pieces and not post anything (aka no major changes so far lol). Maybe I might post something before then this month or next month, but it’s not a sure thing.

However, I do want to do something for it and change my habit of liking vs reblogging. So for November, I’m going to do a reblog month where each day, I reblog for a fandom that I have or will make content for. Along with anything else I’d like to reblog, each day will be dedicated for a particular media.

Here’s my list:

1) Moana 2) Bendy and the Ink Machine 3) Beetlejuice 4) Courage the Cowardly Dog 5) Nightmare Before Christmas 6) Little Shop of Horrors 7) Sam and Max 8) Twisted Wonderland 9) Poker Night at the Inventory 10) Cuphead 11) Pokemon 12) Little Nightmares 13) Dead End: Paranormal Park 14) OK KO: Let's Be Heroes 15) Brain Dead 13 16) Disney Mirrorverse 17) Puppeteer 18) The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals 19) The Ghost and Molly McGee 20) Cult of the Lamb 21) Looney Tunes 22) Steven Universe 23) Demon Slayer 24) Onmyoji 25) Ed, Edd, & Eddy 26) Turning Red 27) Growing Up Creepie 28) Lilo & Stitch 29) Amphibia 30) Hadestown

Bonus if I actually write these fics before or after the month.

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strandsofgold · 3 years ago

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okay, so, i'm gonna try something out. i think i might have more motivation to finish my fics if i know there is at least one person who might want me to do just that. like, if i know there is at least one person who might want to read a fic i'm working on, then i'm just more likely to have motivation for finishing it.

so, i've written the title, a few tags, and a vague description of the fic, along with a line of dialogue, for each of the 15 different rdr2 fics i'm currently working on.

if you go through this and find one you think you might like to read, i would be eternally grateful if you wrote on this post or sent me an ask or something and told me which one <3

shades of green – arthur & tilly, character study, fluff: tilly asks arthur to take her to the tailor to buy a dress and meets a very handsome lawyer in the process.

“It’s just, I haven’t left camp in so long. Except for… you know.”

how does one go about getting a dog – arthur & hosea & dutch, fluff, humour, pre-canon: arthur gets a friend in an unconventional way. dutch is easily swayed. hosea is not.

“But Hosea!”

like she's lost – tilly & everyone, character study, hurt & comfort, hurt & no comfort, growing up, pre-canon, canon, post-canon, angst: tilly's life in the van der linde gang from beginning to end, and then a little bit after. everything she's gained and lost.

“You have grown up to be a fine woman.”

rings and hairpins – tilly & dutch, character study, pre-canon, fluff – tilly tries to donate her mother's hairpin to camp. dutch refuses to accept it and tells her about his rings.

“But they hold more value than that. They are special to me.”

up north – arthur & charles or arthur/charles (can be read either way), pre-canon, character study: charles goes on a ride with arthur, their first ride together, at the request of dutch, and charles finds he quite likes arthur's company.

“I’m not much company.”

like father, like son – arthur & hosea, arthur & dutch, arthur & hosea & dutch, pre-canon, character study : hosea does not believe it is a good idea to keep young, 14 year old arthur morgan around. surely, he will be more trouble than he is worth. he's also strange; violent and decent all at once.

“I know I haven’t exactly been keen on you joining us, but–“

with lilies in hand – arthur/mary, past hosea/bessie, character study, pre-canon, romance, break-ups, arranged marriage, miscommunication: arthur courts mary over the course of a few years. they are the best years of his life, culminating in his worst.

“Good thing people can change, huh.”

come home with me – hosea & dutch or hosea/dutch (can be read either way), pre-canon, character study, based on how orpheus and eurydice meet in hadestown: hosea attempts robs an unsuspecting man, who not only turns out to be very suspecting, but also turns out be strange, naive, and crazy. he makes hosea's insides twist. for once, it's not because of hunger.

"I'm the man you're gonna spend the rest of your life with."

money making – susan & karen, humour, crack (kinda): on the hottest day of the year, the members of the van der linde gang keep hearing strange noises. must be the heat getting to their heads.

“And how, pray tell, does this make us money?”

fiona and molly – implied/referenced molly/dutch, pre-canon, character study, hurt & no comfort: fiona o'shea finds a letter her cousin molly has received from the mysterious tacitus kilgore, and is so distraught by what she reads that she decides to confront molly about it.

“Why all this secrecy? Have you thought about what his secret reasons may be?”

hey, stranger – implied/referenced arthur & hosea & dutch, stranger mission, character study (kinda): arthur meets a woman who somehow reminds him of hosea and dutch all at once. she asks him to look for two boys who have run away from her.

“Jonathan! Aaron! Boys! Please come back! I do not have time for games!”

auntie – sadie & abigail or sadie/abigail (can be read either way), sadie & jack, camp interactions, fluff: sadie helps with jack's reading lessons while hosea is away doing business. both abigail and jack are grateful for her assistance.

“You did good, Jack.”

untitled – arthur & eliza, pre-canon, pregnancy, compromises: eliza does not expect arthur morgan to show up after she sent him her letter. when he does, however, the conversation they have is as tense as it is relieving.

“I ain’t no kind of father.”

untitled – tilly & jack, tilly & arthur, tilly & abigail, angst, hurt & comfort: after their goodbye with arthur, tilly and jack anxiously wait for what comes next. neither are sure they will ever see arthur, nor abigail again.

"Where is mama?"

untitled – humour, crack, dirty jokes, pre-canon: the men of the gang take a bath by a river away from camp. newly joined member sean macguire cannot help but comment on arthur's... physique after seeing him naked for the first time.

"Jesus, Morgan, be careful not to hit anyone with that thing."

#do not reblog please <3 #this is long but i don't want to put it under a read more #so let's just keep this on my blog #my writing

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willowdied · 2 years ago

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wishlist : *spooky / halloween / fall edition*

i’ll start with some spooky stuff and then put some general stuff bellow too but!!! as always! comment if there is one you are interested in and i’ll toss a message your way! and yes i am late. i just wanted to get these out there.

BEAUREGARD :

vampire au ~ this has SEVERAL places : one, instead of sending her to the cobalt soul, something was arranged where beau would be...no longer and issue or a face in the family OR some sort of incident occurred which left her turned, beau choosing to pull away from people in response.

werewolf au ~ same as above but woo ( or awooo )

nine eyes au ~ i think you all know what This mean :) Pain. i’ve got a couple different outcomes of it, i just think it’s neat concept idkkk

VAX’ILDAN :

ghost au ~ it is Sad but uh. *jazz hands in what if when he’s not doin rq things or on the occasion he’s allowed to watch his friends*

vampire au ~ something something either cr timeline or some fancy 1800′s Mayhaps vax getting turned iDK it’s fun and fitting.

ELLIE :

werewolf OR vampire au ~ i have zero excuse it just seems very fitting.

d&d / critical role ~ in summary, gunslinger fighter, paladin, ranger, rouge multiclass, on a quest for vengeance after the death of her companion riley.

ELOISE :

paranormal investor au ~ someone be her ryan to her shane. she doesn’t believe in shit but she is trying to learn and see.

d&d / critical role ~ runaway noble. trying to keep head down and live.

vampire au ~ i just think it would be Neat. that’s all.

CYRIEL

monster OR monster hunter ~ any monster. any type i just think it’s fitting

out of syngorn / clasp ~ out of syngorn verse PLEASE

EURYDICE

unswayed au ~ tldr- orpheus doesn’t get offered the chance to

vampire au ~ it’s what it sounds like.

warlock eurydice / cr verse eurydice ~ she’s pact of the hexblade for a demon who promises to help shield her from the raven queen in exchange for... a few tasks.

NOW FOR THE GENERAL WISHLIST, THESE ASIDE :

ANY of the above. obviously.

cyriel.... poke cyriel.... what’s spookier than being vax’s ex girlfriend who is from syngorn

not mentioned but i have also got really big brain for astrid, eadwulf, leona, laudna, fearne, and imogen right now???? as well as my dnd oc’s who i am moving BACK here tanila and ariverane soooo hit them up too.

AS ALWAYS for the critical role characters : pre-campaign and post-campaign content

my brain has been locked on modern aus as well as the regency au’s ( you can find um here )

i watched the first episode of a court of fey and flowers... i am invested... i want More. come yeet your muses at me. or come poke me to plot

any of the musical muses, but my brain has been the hadestown muses, the hatchetfield muses, dea, molly, satine, and natasha!

au’s. come poke me. let’s make an au together. please i ADORE au’s and especially this seasons... think they could be fun.

#( wishlist )#( queue )#it's been too long since i have done a wishlist #man though i am . eying all of this #hit me up if anyone is interested

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theimpossiblescheme · 3 years ago

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Rules: list your favorite female characters from ten different fandoms, and tag ten people to do the same.

(PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN POST, DO NOT REBLOG!)

Second verse, same as the first, except with female characters this time! Thanks again to @dying-suffering-french-stalkers for tagging me--here are some of my favorites!

Mina Harker, Dracula

Marianne Danielle, The Brides of Dracula (Hammer Horror)

Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables

Jemima/Sillabub, Cats

Christine Daae, The Phantom of the Opera

Nausicaä, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Morticia Addams, The Addams Family

Princess Eilonwy, The Prydain Chronicles

Barbara Gordon, Batman

Jo March, Little Women

With honorable mentions to the Unicorn/Lady Amalthea and Molly Grue from The Last Unicorn, Roxanne Madeleine Robin from Cyrano de Bergerac, Imogen from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, Fujiko Mine and Clarisse de Cagliostro from Lupin III, Eurydice and Persephone from Hadestown, Queen Guinevere from Arthurian legend, Dea from The Man Who Laughs/The Grinning Man, and Susan Sto Helitt from Discworld.

Tagging: Whoever I tagged in the previous post, and then some--just steal it from me if you like!

#Again I am definitely probably forgetting some ladies but these were the ones who came to mind. <3 #the schemer speaks

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thebirdandhersong · 3 years ago

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Fairy tale retellings! because I couldn’t help myself (under the cut because I got carried away and remembered my fairy tale retelling phase from middle school........ oh boy)

Cinderella

Cinderella (2015 Disney live action): beautiful beautiful BEAUTIFUL (the music! the script!! the Hope! the costumes! the dress! the gentleness at its heart! the overall design and the colours!) (I still believe it’s the best live action re-adaptation they’ve come up with so far) (then again they DID have one of the Rogue One writers and Kenneth Branagh--both of whom understand story AND fairy tales--on the team, and possibly the best combination of actors and costume designers)

Cinderella (Disney animated movie): like a dream. Can’t remember it that well because I haven’t watched it in over ten years, but I remember that I loved it

Cinderella, the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical featuring Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana: Laura’s Cinderella is so lively and hopeful and bright and affectionate and I Love Her!!! The script is also surprisingly funny, and the little changes they made (like the fairy godmother being an old beggar woman in the village, the subplot with her stepsister, the scene at the ball where she suggests that they should all be kind to one another, the fact that the prince is called His Royal Highness Christopher Rupert Windemere Vladimir Karl Alexander Francois Reginald Lancelot Herman (HERMAN!) Gregory James....... iconic) added rather than detracted from the themes they chose to emphasize

A Cinderella Story: possibly one of my favourite films. I loved the fact that they knew each other before the ‘ball’. Loved the way the fairy tale was ‘translated’ into the 2000s. The friendship was strong with this one. I had the best time watching this movie. (Dress-wise, Hilary Duff’s dress is my least favourite, but that’s a minor quibble, and is also due to the fact that it has Lily and Laura’s gorgeous fluffy ballgowns to contend with, and that’s not fair competition)

Persuasion, by Jane Austen: does it count?? The way I see it, Persuasion is like Cinderella gone wrong (we discussed this in class, and my prof called Lady Russell a fairy godmother who means well but fails her protege before the story even begins. We talked about Anne’s ‘Cinderella’/makeover moment taking place over a longer period of time, about the ‘evil’ stepsisters, etc. etc. I’m not entirely sure I agree with every single comparison he made, but he made some Very interesting points).... at least the first time :)

Cinder, by Marissa Meyer. Oh, the images!!!!! Marissa Meyer is WONDERFUL at them. You wouldn’t think they’d translate well into a futuristic sci-fi (almost steampunk) world, but she did it SO brilliantly (the slipper! the ‘dress’! the whole family situation!)

Rapunzel

Tangled (Disney animated movie): an absolute joy. Rapunzel is an Ariel-like character who has hopes and dreams of her own, and I love how warm and vivacious and endearingly transparent she is. The dance scene is so, so lovely. (I stand by my opinion that very few little went right with Disney’s fairy tale retellings after Tangled.)

Cress, by Marissa Meyer: once again. Images. I can’t believe she managed to pull Rapunzel-in-space off so well. (Plus she’s a hacker, and such a sweetheart!!)

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (Disney animated movie): Amazing. Gorgeous. Brilliant. The buildings and the music and Belle (Belle, my darling!!) and the darker, more Gothic feel to the art and the design...... Yes

Beauty, by Robin McKinley: knocked it right out of the ball park, right through the atmosphere, right into outer space... The language is so lush and atmospheric, and even though I knew roughly what was going to happen, I loved every moment of it. She puts a special emphasis on family and on human connection and I Loved that so much.

Rose Daughter, by Robin McKinley: also gorgeous!!!!! Beauty is still my favourite of the two, but this one was also a gem. (Again: the emphasis on family and sisterhood!!!)

Beauty and the Beast (the Broadway musical): Susan Egan’s voice is SO lovely. And Home deserved more than just an instrumental reference in the 2017 version.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George: the Best. The sisters are easier to distinguish, the changes/things she added (the war, the queen’s past, etc.) make the story even more interesting, and Galen is fantastic (courteous, kind, brave, AND likes to knit?? NICE)

The Barbie movie: I loved it when I was a little girl (it is also Muffin-approved!)

The Princess and the Pea

@fictionadventurer‘s Wodehousian one :) which is an absolute delight. Every once in a while I remember it and then can’t stop smiling

The Goose Girl

The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale: the Best. And by the Best, I mean the absolute Best. Her writing is so beautiful and her characters are so real and distinctive. The worldbuilding is fascinating. It’s so simple and so beautiful, and is near-perfect as a retelling and as a novel. The rest of the Bayern series is also wonderful!!

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid (Disney movie): can’t remember it very well, except for the chef who wanted to cook Sebastian and also Ariel’s very cool sisters.... the music and Ariel’s character are lovely :)

The Little Android, by Marissa Meyer: genius. The first time I read it, I cried furiously. What does it mean to be human?? Marissa Meyer loves to talk about this in her other books (through malfunctioning robots, androids, werewolves, etc.). And the conclusion she comes to is always the same (and always done so beautifully): it’s about love and sacrifice (and tbh even though she’s talking about this through robots and werewolves, she’s got a point!!! When you act with love and self-sacrifice, you reflect the character of the Maker and His love and self-sacrifice, which is what makes us in that moment the most human--or at least human in the sense that that’s what we were made to be and to do towards our neighbours and enemies)

Ponyo (Studio Ghibli movie): this counts, doesn’t it?? A film that is an absolute joy through and through. It doesn’t completely stick to the original fairy tale but it also talks about compassion, kindness, and love as a choice

The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog (Disney animated movie): can’t remember it very well, but Anika Noni Rose has a fantastic voice, and I loved Tiana’s practicality, optimism, and kindness

The Prince of the Pond, by Donna Jo Napoli: can’t remember it either (read it in third grade) but basically it’s about how the prince turns into a frog and starts a family with another frog (the story is told from her perspective). I do remember that the ending made me so sad, though

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty (Disney movie): can’t remember it at all either, except for: 1) Once Upon a Dream (a brilliant song) and 2) forget pink or blue. I liked her grey dress the most

Spindle’s End, by Robin McKinley: the story was told in such an interesting way (the animals! the way she wrote about love and protecting the people you love and self-sacrifice in familial and platonic relationships!) with Robin McKinley’s beautiful style

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

East, by Edith Pattou: I was obsessed with this book in elementary school. Obsessed. I kept rereading it over and over again because I just loved it so much. It’s been a few years since I’ve read it, but I can remember certain scenes (Rose entering the ballroom for the first time, the white bear’s hulking figure in the doorway, the architecture of the hall where she washes the shirt, her fingers running over the wax, the reunion scene) so vividly as if it had been a movie instead of a book, or if I’d actually been there, experiencing what Rose was experiencing

Orpheus and Eurydice (which kind of counts)

Hadestown (the Broadway musical, the original cast, AND Anais Mitchell’s original concept album): I’ve talked about it so much I probably shouldn’t even start slkfjsdl;kfjlk; I just wanted an excuse to mention it again

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Fire and Hemlock, by Diana Wynne Jones: I loved it when I first read it but I was so confused and so fascinated by it.

The Snow Queen

Frozen (Disney animated movie): no (insert heart emoji)

And contemporary(?) books that are considered modern classics, if not modern fairy tales (depends on how you look at it, really):

Peter Pan

Peter Pan (Disney animated movie): a childhood favourite!!!

Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Barry: the whole series is so much fun (and they’re among some of the funniest books I’ve read). This one serves as a sort of prequel to Peter Pan, but it’s safer to say that Dave Barry reimagined the whole story.

Peter and the Starcatcher (Broadway play adaptation of the book, which is a reimagining of the original Peter Pan..... yeah): the source material is incredibly funny, so naturally the play adaptation makes you laugh until your sides feel ready to split (I mean!! You have Christian Borle as Black Stache, Adam Chanler Berat as Peter, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Molly..... they’re all brilliant) The script, the way the cast makes use of the set and props, the perfect comic delivery....... love it

Finding Neverland, a musical adaptation of the movie (the A.R.T. production with Jeremy Jordan as James Barrie): the music is so good, and the way they write about the value of looking at the world through the eyes of a child?? of seeing the beauty in everything?? of hope and imagination and wonder?? If it weren’t for the way it handles adultery (even emotionally cheating!) and divorce :( but Laura Michelle Kelly is absolutely enchanting, and the script is also incredibly funny and heartwarming

Tiger Lily, by Jodi Lynn Anderson: a twisted fairy tale... it was quite disturbing at times, but it was also beautiful and heartbreaking. It’s a darker take on the story, which I tend not to like (at all), but the way it explored Tiger Lily and Peter was quite interestng

The Wizard of Oz

WIcked, the Stephen Schwartz musical--I haven’t read the book: as far as retellings-about-the-villain-of-the-original-story goes this one is my favourite. It is another twisted fairy tale, though, and there’s a constant undercurrent of doom and dread, even in the motifs Stephen Schwartz uses... the ending is not completely happy, but the music is FANTASTIC (Mr. Schwartz also did The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Prince of Egypt!!)

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland (Disney movie): another childhood favourite... I also haven’t seen this one in over ten years, but I can still remember specific scenes very clearly in my head

Alice by Heart: a musical about a girl called Alice Spencer whose coping mechanism (quite literally) is Alice in Wonderland. She knows it by heart (again. Literally) and she dives into the world as a form of escapism (LITERALLY. There’s even a song at the end where the characters acknowledge how unhealthy this is). There’s a lot about growing up, losing a loved one, learning to let go... about self-deception and grief and the control one has over one’s life (unfortunately it IS subtly antagonistic towards Christianity at times)..... i do wish that writers didn’t have to treat sexual maturity as the most prominent/interesting part of coming-of-age stories, though. The characters, the set and lighting and costume design (BRILLIANT, by the way!!!!)... all wonderful. But the strangely sexual references can be a bit uncomfortable. (Really!! You can tell a coming-of-age story WITHOUT that stuff, you know!!!!!)

That Disney Movie directed by Tim Burton: wouldn’t recommend. Alice doesn’t need to be a warrior. (At ALL.)

Would also like to mention: Princess Tutu :)

#i am sorry but i am very emphatically not a frozen fan #especially since we read snow queen at jellicoe lodge?? it's such a beautiful story #and the IMAGES #but hollywood is more into self-actualisation/self-discovery/self-acceptance/self-centric stories these days #i guess they just didn't want to tell a story about self-sacrifice and selfless acts of love ? i don't know #anyway i get irrationally worked up about frozen sorry #the second one nearly made steam pour out of my ears #i GET they want to focus on the Self (and all the selfishness and self-importance that comes with our world's idea of self love)#but ELSA as an oldest sister HOW could you make all these decisions #fairy tales #i need to finish princess tutu sometime (sigh)#songbird again #my posts

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